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P. COOKER.

CUTTING ATTACHMENT FOR LOOMS No. 361,929. Patented Apr. 26, 1887.

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UNITED STATES PETER COOKER, OF PHILADELPHIA,

PATENT OFFICE.

PENNSYLVANIA, ASSIGL OR OF ONE HALF TO THOMAS DOLAN, R. WILLIAMS, J R, CHARLES H. SALMON, AND JOSEPH P. TRUITT, ALL OF SAME PLACE.

CUTTING ATTACHMENT FOR LOOMS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 361,929, dated April 26, 1887.

Application filed October .25, 1886. Serial No. 217,131. (No model.)

To 66 whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, PETER COOKER, a citizen of the United States, residing in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, have invented a certain Improved Cutting Attachment for Looms, of

which the following is a specification.

The object of my invention is to provide simple means whereby the fabric woven on a loom can, as fast as it is woven, be cut into as many widths as desired, thereby dispensing with the necessity of cutting the fabric on a separate machine.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a view, partly in section and partly in eleva- I5 tion, of part of a loom, showing the breastbeam and the lathe with my improved attachment. ing part of the breast-beam and lathe. Fig. 3is a sectional view, partly in elevation, on the line 1 2, Fig. 2; and Figs. 4, 5, and 6, views illustrating modifications.

A is partof the frame of the loom; B, the lathe pivoted at b to the frame and having the usual reed, c, and shuttle-race E, D being the breast-beam of the loom, d the cloth-roll, and

a: the cloth.

Secured to the top of the breast-beam D, in the present instance by screws ff, is a plate, F, forked at its outer end, and enlarged for 0 the reception of a spindle, g, on which rotates a cuttingwheel, G, of hardened metal, the retaining-screws ff being adapted to slots h in the plate F, so that said plate can be adjusted, as required.

Secured to the lathe E is a bracket, I, the portion i of which is so adjusted in respect to the wheel G that when the lathe beats up the wheel will ride on the projection i and cut the fabric which lies in its path. The bracket I 0 is slotted at j for the reception of the confining-screw is, so that the bracket canbe adjusted up or down on the lathe, as required. As the lathe beats up, the bearing plate 13 passes beneath the cutter G and presses the Fig. 2 is a plan view ofthe device, showcloth'against the same, a new'portion of cloth being presented on each beat, so that the cloth is severed longitudinally as fast as it is woven. The bearing-plate i is preferably of such an elastic character that it can yield when subjected to the pressure of the cutter.

If desired, a knife fixed as shown in Fig. 4. may be used in place of the rotary cutter, or the cutter may be on the bracket I and the bearing-plate t on the plate F, as shown in Fig. 5, without departing from my invention, and it will be understood that more than one cutter maybe used. For instance,where a loom is weaving a series of strips of braid or trimming side by side, the cutters can be duplicated to accord with the number of strips to be made. In some cases the plateF can be carried by a bar, F, above the breast-beam, as shown in Fig. 6.

I claim as my invention 1. The combination, in a loom, of the lathe, the breast-beam, a cutter carried by one of said parts, and a bearing-plate carried by the other part and serving to press the fabric against the cutter as the lathe beats up, all substantially as set forth. 7

2. The combination-of the lathe, the breastbeam, the cutter, and the elastic bearing-plate for pressing the fabric against the edge of the cutter. all substantially as specified.

3. The combination of the breast-beam and a plate carried thereby and having a rotary cutter with the lathe having a bracket forming a bearing plate for the fabric and serving to press the latter against the rotary cutter as the lathe beats up, all substantiallyas specified.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

PETER COOKER. \Vitnesses:

HENRY Howson, HARRY SMITH. 

